Machine for feeding headed blanks.



UNI shits KARL WEISS, OF WATERBUBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR. TO THE BLAKEAND JOHNSON COMPANY, OF "WATER-RUBY, CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

.. Machine FOR tannins. ransom) Brianne.-

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, KARL Weiss, -a citizenof the *United States, residing at Waterbury, county of New Haven, StateofQo'n nectieut, have, invented an Imprqvem nt in MachinesfonFeedingHeaded Blan s, of.

i which the following is -n. specification.

*This invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensivemachine for feeding'headed blanks wit-l1" the'headed end upward, adaptedfor "general, use 'and in feeding rivets to'a' riveting machine or .in'feeding screw blanks a threading or slot-- tin .machine;

iththis' end'inview I have devised the novehblankffeeding machine, ofwhich the following" description in connection with the accom an in.drawin 'is' a s ecification till "hand whenever required; This feedwheei reference characters being used to indicate the several parts. i

Figme 1 1s a plan view ofniy novelfeed ing machine; Fig. 2 a section onthe line 2-2 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrowsyFig. 3 adetail view on an enlarged scale illustrating one of the pockets in thefeed wheel; Fig. 4 a plan viewcorresponding with Fig. 3; Fig. 5 asection on the line 5-5in Fig.-2,.looking in the "direction of thearrows, and Fig. 6 1s a section on the line 6-6 in Fig. 2, looking inthe direction of the arrows.

flhehopperis shown as conslsting of two.

arts indicated by 10 with bottoms inclined award thecenter, the parts ofthe hopper being secured to a filling piece 11 at the rear and to a headblock 12 at the front.

. 18 denotes, the feedwheel which is carried by a shaft 14 journziled'in the hopper and 1- provided with a belt pulley 15 and a hand.

wheel 16 forpperating the feedwheel by rotates vertically within thehopper. The feed wheel is rovided with peripheral walls 17 which l eclose -to the wall of the hopper and in front oflthe walls 17 withpockets 18,- each pocket havingat its forward end an incline 19 or alaterally inclined end wall adapted to deflect blanks toward one. slde'of the feed wheel. pick up the vblanks, indibated by 20, and

when the pockets are traveling downward deliver the blanks to aninclined chute 21 formed in the head block. The upper 01 .tionfef thechute (see Fig. 5) is provided Specification of Letters iatent.Application filed October 23, 1913. Serial 160. 796,889.

' tendency being to drop into the chute, leaving the b The pockets"Patented July 21, 1914.

with raised side portions 22 having inclines or mclined walls 23 ontheir inner sides which diverge upwardly, forn1inga V-' sh ed catchingrecess which increases in wt th upwardly, The lower portions ;of thewalls 23 oflthechuteiare vetticah-fformmg a vertical groove, whichreceii'es the blanks from the catching recess in ropes ord.er,that issuspended from t eir 'eads.

head block are inc inedldownward and out Below the catchin recess thesides of the ward .away from the. top of the chute as at 33, seefFig. 6.aIn.front ofithe. hopper and.

projecting slightly. into the hopper through a slot 24 and lyingcontiguous-t0 the lower portion of the chute is anotched rejecting wheel25 carried by a shaft 26having a belt pulley 27 by means of which rapidrotation is. imparted to the shaft and wheel. This wheel is provided"with a peripheral roove 32which just receives the heads; of lanks inproper position in the chute and permits them to slide downward freely,,but all blanks not in proper position in the chute, I

as for example the middle blank inFig. 5, are engaged by the Wheel andthrown back into the hopper. The shaft isjournaled in arms 28 pivoted onscrews 29 engaging-the hopper and is'locked at any required.adjustrnent, for different sized heads of blanks, by means of screws 30which pass through elongated holes (not shown) in the arms and engagethe hopper. F

31 denotes inclined spaced apart guide plateswhich are secured to thehead block and form a continuation of the chute to convey the blankswherever they may be required to be operated upon.

The operation'of the machine has; been into the hopper, the groove inthe periph- Briefly, the blanks aretry of this wheel receiving the headsof the g blanks and perinitting l properly placed blanks to slide underit freely but throwing all other blanks out of the chute.

claim:

,In a machine oi? the character described,

a hopper, a feed wheel mounted to'rotate vertically within the hopperand having its periphery-pockets provided with laterally inclineddischarge end walls to deflect jecting' into the hopper and arrangedupon and contiguous to one side of the feed wheel,

wnllsa'rranged to form a vertical Y and the upper portions ,oi such \flil'jdl aving thus described my, invention. I=- 'ver said chnte having thelower portions of its 15 roove ng upwardly-for roviding 9; silbsmfl rfjtial V-shaped catching recess, to alrenge I lanks. to deliver them -inproper order 20 into the vertical groove.

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'In testimony whereof I aflix nivsignaturq in "presence of twowitnesses.

I KAR WEISS. Witnesses: v i

' LANCASTER-P. CLARK,

. "STEELE W NTYN.

Gople: of this patent may be' obtained-tor five centsie'ach, by,addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 03

